The Red Planet bits will be here by 2031, if all goes according to plan
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Mars 2020: NASA begins fuelling Red Planet’s next rover
The generator will power the rover and help keep it warm while exploring the Martian surface
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Mars helicopter now enters the final testing phase
When it reaches the Red Planet in 2021, it will become the first autonomous helicopter to fly on another planet
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Get your name on the Mars 2020 rover!
NASA’s next Martian rover is now accepting names from the public to travel with it to the Red Planet next year
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The Mars 2020 spacecraft is being pieced together
NASA’s next installment in Martian rover exploration, Mars 2020, will have soon have its protective layers for travelling to Mars
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Piecing together the puzzle of the Mars 2020 rover
Technicians and engineers have been stacking the pieces of the Mars 2020 spacecraft together in its entry capsule
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NASA will send a helicopter to Mars!
On board NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will be a helicopter the size of a softball which will provide the first-ever technological demonstration of aircraft analysis on Mars
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Martian meteorite will return home in 2020
Onboard NASA’s 2020 Mars rover will be a piece of its surface, which was lost millions of years ago
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NASA gets stuck into building its next Mars rover
In just a few years, one of the space agency’s next big missions will be flying to the Red Planet
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New Mars 2020 rover will include twenty-three cameras
This will bring a new perspective to landing, navigating around and studying the surface of the Red Planet
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Watch LIVE: NASA announces new Mars rover
Tune in at 17:00 UTC to find out more about the next spacecraft to touch down on the surface of the Red Planet